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illuminatedferret · 1 month

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So I've been trying to do a bit of detective work regarding the origin of the "E-ming reopens wounds" translation. TL;DR I think it may have come from an early version of Suika's translation, and is likely a mistranslation.

Most translations I could find online (including Deep Dream translation group, several bootleg novel sites that have stolen Suika or Deep Dream's translations, and a couple of machine translations) have that passage in line with the official translation - that simply, E-ming is dangerous, forging it took a cruel ritual, and touching it would have terrible consequences.

I did however find a pdf containing the webnovel chapters 12-43, with the following:

precisely the excerpt I submitted before. At the top of this pdf is a note:

The link in this note leads to a 404 error, but is one that was shared around a lot before the Sevenseas' official release. I found a tumblr post from 2019 which identifies this link as Suika's (now deleted) translation.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200508224041/https://arahir.tumblr.com/post/188476102230/ok-im-an-anon-who-in-the-past-has-asked-you-how

So, it looks like this is a old document of Suika's, and I can only assume the "reopens wounds" thing was a mistranslation that Suika later corrected.

The TGCF epub I have on hand is an amalgamation of sakhyulations' (up to ch 23) and Suika's (ch 24 and beyond) fan translations. Well, it doesn't actually say it's using Suika's work, but, it does link the source of the ch 24+ translations, that being the above google drive link. I'm not sure who made the epub or when it was made, but they must have taken Suika's work before it had been properly edited.

IIRC this was an epub that was circulating tumblr a while back. I don't know how widespread the "reopens wounds" fanon is, but if it's popular on tumblr, I guess this explains why.

Sorry for such a long ask!! I think that covers almost everything I found. Oh, there was one single bootleg novel site that did have the passage:

"The wounds inflicted by the evil sword of E-Ming are all cursed. Even when the wound is healed, if Hua Cheng wants it, it will bleed once more." Jun Wu answered.

which is slightly different from the above passage from that pdf. But I couldn't find any real source for this translation, so I'm thinking it might just be based on the above passage, with words switched around to disguise the fact it's stolen.

wow!!!! don't apologize for the long ask, this is some awesome digging you did!!! thank you SO much for sharing all your hard work!!

E-ming reopening old wounds being a mistranslation of some sort does make more sense to me than anything else, just because it's so specific and yet the official translation makes no mention of it, but it being from one of Suika's earlier translations is interesting. I'm still curious what the original raws read like. I wonder, considering Xie Lian's arm injury doesn't heal without special medicine, if the raw says something about wounds being slow to heal or not closing, and that's where the mistranslation initially occurred.

'E-ming reopening wounds' isn't a fanon I see discussed much, but I've read more than one fic that uses the idea, and I've mentioned it to friends before in the past without anyone questioning it until recently. So, it coming from an old translation that was probably one of the initial ways people read TGCF makes a LOT of sense- people read it, internalized it, and stopped thinking about it when more accurate translations rolled around, while still keeping the idea in their head.

#illuanswers #the-rad-paramecium #seriously thank you so much for all your work #this has been both fascinating and really illuminating!#....pun not intended

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tintin-official · 9 months

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the truth you all don't want to admit is that in the mlp universe jesus christ did exist and he became a carpenter because of his cutiemark that was two planks and some nails and only right before the end did he figure out he had gotten it all mixed up

#not tintin #my applogies #mlp #my catholic boyfriend workshopped this with me so dont worry its all above board #pun intended

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mirrorhouse · 2 months

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#baldur's gate #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 patch 6 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3edit #gamingedit #gamingnetwork #videogamemen #*#i eat up every reference to gale being the camp cook #pun not intended. or was it

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valeriapryanikova · 2 months

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halo

#everyone clap i actually used a reference for the wings for once--usually i'm too lazy to do that so i just wing it (no pun intended)#grian #hermitcraft #mcyt #fanart

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andi-o-geyser · 1 year

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so this episode is off to a smashing start

#pun FULLY intended #holy shit the chaotic energy is absolutely top notch #lou wasted NO TIME #i love this fucking show #i have said it before and i will say it again #lou wilson DOES NOT FUCK AROUND #game changer #d20 #dimension 20 #college humor #dropout #dropout tv #siobhan thompson #lou wilson #brennan lee mulligan #game changer spoilers #sam reich #andis thought geyser

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bamsara · 6 months

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Thinking about Heket headcanons and Bishops life before Narinder was chained, so some fic au stuff

#trod au #the rehabilitation of death #cotl narinder #cotl the one who waits #cotl heket #tw blood #i imagine he was a good big brother before it all went to hell #pun not intended #doodles #the animal up top is a capybara btw

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latenightsundayblues · 3 months

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Fucking love the final flashback montage in saw VI because the way they edited it makes it look like hoffman is pissing directly on an unconscious erickson's bald head

Ive been cry laugghing for five fucking minutes

#it fucks me up every time WHY DID THEY DO IT LIKE THAT #THE FUEL CAN BLENDS WITH THE RED BACKGROUND YOU CANT SEE IT IN TIME #theres NO WAY absolutely NOBODY in the editing team looked at this and went “um. maybe we should change the order of the clips around a bit #tbh maybe mark shoulve actually pissed on his head when he had the chance. guy really pissed me off #i just realized something about the last tag and came back running to tell you all that the pun was not intended #saw vi #saw #mark hoffman #dan erickson #tw blood

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liesmyth · 2 months

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this girl can fit so many girls in her.

#pun intended #htn #harrow #tlt memes #tlt

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tampire · 2 months

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Yuna finishes off Seymour and his minions by learning the Ga spells a bit too early

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lastofthe20thcenturygirls · 1 month

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happy belated 🐸 day to these two and these two only

#the frog is coming #pun intended ig #kusuriya no hitorigoto #the apothecary diaries #anime #jinshi x maomao

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steddiealltheway · 3 months

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Steve has the built up jock need to slap someone’s ass as a form of saying “good job” and he literally cannot do it to anyone because 1) they’re children 2) they’re Robin, his ex girlfriend, or his ex girlfriend’s boyfriend

But when Eddie comes into his life he’s like. Finally. An older male friend.

And one day, after Eddie does something as simple as give the kids a ride to Steve’s, Steve, without thinking about it, just slaps him right on the ass and says, “Thanks.” And as Steve walks off, Eddie has a whole ass crisis.

#pun intended #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things #steddie drabble

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misterpseudonym · 7 months

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when they call themselves the lords in black but they are the most eyebleeding neon pastel you will ever set your eyes on